Author: Randy Thanthong-Knight

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s government plans a sweeping reform of more than 7,000 business regulations, aiming to cut bureaucratic hurdles and accelerate investment as it tries to compete for global capital.Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) – Governor Jeff Landry is in Greenland to attend a business conference. According to Reuters, Landry is there to ​attend the ‘Future Greenland’ business conference w…Read More

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New rivals are driving traditional institutions to double down on their USP — or adapt and partner with themRead More

The clock is ticking at the Minnesota State Capitol as lawmakers race to pass several high-profile bills before the legislative session ends at midnight.Read More

WBRC is On Your Side trying to get answers after a historic cemetery posted a sign on the office door that says in part “closed for business,” leaving families in limbo.Read More

As announced on March 18, 2026, GPT-5.3-Codex is now the base model for all Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise organizations, replacing GPT-4.1. The base model is used when your organization…Read More

Many fleet operators can’t easily pivot to more fuel-efficient vehicles since they need vans and pickups to haul and tow. Telematics are one answer.Read More

New collection brings 60 artworks by Tove Jansson to Samsung Art TVs worldwideRead More

Tariffs have returned as instruments of economic and geopolitical policy, but their short- and medium-run macroeconomic effects are still not fully understood. This column introduces a new framework that integrates global production networks into a standard open-economy model. It shows that tariffs act simultaneously as demand and supply shocks, and their macroeconomic effects depend critically on production networks, price rigidities, and monetary policy responses at home and abroad. Once these features are incorporated, even transitory tariffs can generate persistent inflation, large output losses, and global spillovers absent retaliation.Read More